2 have been arrested for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl in southeast Delhi's Givindpuri area, police said on Sunday. The matter came to light when the girl was taken for health check up to a doctor who diagnosed her to be six months pregnant, said a senior police officer.

Police arrested three persons, Raheesudeen of Sutari village in Bulandshahr, Shahwaiz of Hapur district and Jabar Singh of Gautam Budh Nagar district. “Identities and roles of four others are being verified.

A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped before she was murdered and set on fire inside her home in east Delhi last week. Two suspects believed to have harassed and stalked the teenager for months have been caught.

Several places in northern Karnataka witnessed protests and sporadic violence in the course of agitation by pro-Kannada groups against a interim order of the Mahadayi Water Dispute Tribunal rejecting Karnataka’s plea.